By Arwa Al-Wugayan
KUWAIT, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Kuwait continued to deliver aid to Iraq's third largest city of Basra on Thursday, the latest installment of a campaign put together by a Kuwaiti charity.
Speaking to KUNA, the head of Kuwait Red Crescent Society's (KRCS) delegation in Basra Ahmad Al-Fagaan pointed out that the aid encompassed displaced people in Basra and that around 11,000 families were the beneficiaries of the Kuwaiti aid campaign.
On the aid, he noted that it included food baskets and 500 pre-paid coupons distributed all across the Iraqi city. The KRCS official added that Kuwait as a nation throws its weight behind such initiatives that reach out to needy people in Iraq. (end) akw.nam